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IBM company Anderon lands $1B for US quantum foundry
Funding for Anderon to help scale and expand access to quantum wafer technology

Live Nation deploys Salesforce AI agents across US concert venues
The entertainment company is rolling out an automated customer service tool to handle venue inquiries following a pilot deployment at a California music festival

Lockheed Martin deploys SAP SuccessFactors for global HR
Deployment unifies core HR processes across Employee Central, payroll, recruiting and onboarding on a cloud platform supporting 123,000 employees

Columbia University and AWS partner on AI for disease research
The collaboration will give Columbia researchers access to AWS cloud and AI tools to analyze biomedical data and develop models for disease detection and patient care

Oracle funds free STEAM education program for 5,000 students
The partnership with Spark Science Center covers admission costs for 5th-grade classes across 42 public school districts

Oracle and Bloom Energy commit $400K to New Mexico food bank
The joint investment funds a new mobile market route designed to distribute one million pounds of food annually
